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Birmingham – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary (“DLA Piper”) has appointed well-known and respected fraud expert Dipak Lad as Head of Insurance Claims Fraud. Dipak joins from Silverbeck Rymer in Manchester where he managed the fraud team and held the position of Fraud Technical Manager; Dipak is highly-

SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Behzad Mofrad, 38, of San Ramon, was arrested yesterday on an indictment charging eight counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The indictment, which was unsealed today, relates to a scheme to

18 August – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has advised, together with Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF) as financial advisor, CVG Ferrominera Orinoco, C.A. (“FMO”) on a U.S.$135 million pre-export credit financing. The proceeds of the financing, which was signed on 8 July 2005, will be used to finance the expansion of

LOS ANGELES, August 16, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Former Los Angeles Mayor and California Secretary of Education Richard J. Riordan has joined the Los Angeles office of Bingham McCutchen LLP, a national law firm, as Of Counsel. Riordan will focus on providing strategic business and legal advice for current and

TUCSON, Ariz. – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A federal jury has found Mary Elizabeth Schipke, 47, of Oracle, Ariz., guilty of Threatening to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction. The case was tried before U.S. District Court Judge John M. Roll starting on August 9, 2005 with the guilty verdict delivered on

17 August – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jesus Torres, Special Agent-In-Charge, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Rick Lincoln, Chief of the Lantana Police Department, announced today that defendants, Rogino Sanchez and Ricardo Jose Contreras were sentenced by United

18 August – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Private Equity firm LBO France has acquired all world-wide companies of Actaris Group within the scope of a Leverage Buy Out. The group, which had been sold a few years ago by LBO France to Montagu Private Equity, now in a Secondary Buy Out

New York – August 16, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP represented Financial Security Assurance Inc. (“FSA”) in connection with its financial guarantee of a project bond financing for the Chicago Skyway toll bridge system. The financing, which closed today, involved an issuance by Skyway Concession Company LLC

17 August, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Freehills, one of Australiasa commercial law firms, today announced the completion of the first stage of the implementation of Workshare Professional 4 as part of a document lifecycle management initiative designed to support its risk mitigation strategy around all Microsoft Office documents and emails

New York and Hong Kong – August 16, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP advised SK Telecom and Momenta (Cayman) on a US-SEC registered offering and Momenta (Cayman)’s sale of 47.9 million American Depositary Shares (ADS) of SK Telecom, valued at approximately US$1.03 billion. The offering was made